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Jesse Columbus Blake 1836–1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 April 1836

Birth Location: Jackson County, Alabama, USA

Death Date: 13 August 1917

Death Location: Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA

Father: Thomas Blake

Mother: Sinclair Chitty

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Ann

Children(s): Ethel Hendson

Jesse Columbus Blake was born in 1836 in Jackson County, Alabama, USA, the child of Thomas Kincaid Owen Blake And Sinclair T Clary Chitty. In 1917, Jesse Columbus Blake resided in Gregg, Texas, United States. Jesse Columbus Blake married Elizabeth Ann, and had children including Ethel Ann Blake Hendson. Jesse Columbus Blake passed away in 1917 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • Jesse Columbus Blake was born in 1836 in Jackson County, Alabama, USA, the child of Thomas Kincaid Owen Blake And Sinclair T Clary Chitty.
  • In 1917, Jesse Columbus Blake resided in Gregg, Texas, United States.
  • Jesse Columbus Blake married Elizabeth Ann, and had children including Ethel Ann Blake Hendson.
  • Jesse Columbus Blake passed away in 1917 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jesse Blake's Ancestors

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Jesse Blake
1836–1917
Birth Place: Jackson County, Alabama, USA
Parents
Thomas Kincaid Owen Blake
1813–1892
Roane County, Tennessee, USA
Sinclair (T. "Clary") Chitty
1818–1859
Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
Thomas (Early Hornsby) Blake
1776–1855
Granville County, North Carolina, USA
Elizabeth (Cooper) Owen
1776–1833
McDuffie, Richmond, Georgia, United States
Great-Grandparents
William Blake
1740–1781
Leah Hornsby
1744–1779
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Blake
1710–1789
Margaret Elliot
1713–1746

Jesse Blake's Descendants

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Jesse (Columbus) Blake (21 April 1836–13 August 1917) m. Elizabeth Ann (4 December 1843–2 January 1928)
  1. 1. Ethel (Ann Blake) Hendson 1886–1971

Jesse Blake's Timeline

3 Records

1836
21 April 1836
Birth of Jesse Columbus Blake in Jackson County, Alabama, USA
Jackson County, Alabama, USA
1917
15 Dec 1917
Age 81
Jesse Columbus Blake resided here in Gregg, Texas, United States
Gregg, Texas, United States
1917
13 August 1917
Age 81
Death of Jesse Columbus Blake in Gregg, Texas
Gregg, Texas

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 April 1836
    Event Place: Jackson County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 15 Dec 1917
    Event Place: Gregg, Texas, United States
    Record Source: Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958, Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Austin, Texas; Confederate Pension Applications, 1899-1975; Collection #: CPA16526; Roll #: 2245; Roll Description: Pension File Nos. 34789 to 34810, Application Years 1913 to 1917

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 August 1917
    Event Place: Gregg, Texas
    Record Source:
    [1] Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958, Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Austin, Texas; Confederate Pension Applications, 1899-1975; Collection #: CPA16526; Roll #: 2245; Roll Description: Pension File Nos. 34789 to 34810, Application Years 1913 to 1917
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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